July 15, 2011

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Adweek’s D.M. Levine reports that, despite the heavy coverage CNN has given to the phone-hacking scandal, it has yet to cover the calls from some members of British parliament that Piers Morgan answer questions about phone-hacking at the Daily Mirror when he was editor there.

“Piers Morgan and his former employer, [Mirror parent company Trinity Mirror], have both addressed the allegations in recent weeks,” a CNN spokesperson told Levine, pointing to Morgan’s comment on “The Talk” on Monday.

In that appearance, below, Morgan said he’s not going to join the “witch hunt” against Rupert Murdoch, who made him the youngest editor of News of the World ever at the age of 28, and had always run both that paper and the Mirror within the bounds of the law.

Last week, British MP Adrian Sanders called for the inquiry into phone-hacking to be widened beyond News International, adding that the “Daily Mirror, when under the auspices of Piers Morgan, is suspected of using voice mail interception to reveal Sven-Goran Eriksson’s affair with Ulrika Jonsson.”

A conservative blog, Guido Fawkes, picked up this statement and followed it up with a number of posts suggesting Morgan might have had something to do with the hacking, including an excerpt from his book suggesting familiarity with the mechanics of phone hacking.

Apparently if you don’t change the standard security code that every phone comes with, then anyone can call your number and, if you don’t answer, tap in the standard four digit code to hear all your messages. I’ll change mine just in case, but it makes me wonder how many public figures and celebrities are aware of this little trick.

Both the Mirror and Morgan have denied ever breaking the law. TV Newser reported that the BBC is looking into the story.

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Piers Morgan gotta learn how to do 'live, TV live-style'! On his show, he asks a question, and as soon the guest tries to answer while the viewer is eager to hear it, he suddenly interrupts the guest's thought pattern and asks another question! He doesn't know how to LISTEN. You can't have your own talk-show when you don't know how to listen, and you don't know HOW the viewer is listening. He's clueless. His job is a political gain for someone, or maybe he's done favors and now he's getting payback...and always that Sharon woman on his side...I wonder if Piers is into black magic, Satanic stuff...?! Not a fan of his. We loved our Larry King. Put him back on, or get someone that can walk in Larry's shoes.

Posted By: Piers Morgan gotta learn how to do 'live, TV live-style'! On his show, he asks a question, and as so | July 15, 2011 at 12:48 PM

Caught Morgan's show last evening. He was relentlessly stupid with Grover Norquist, which any non-ideologue with a scinitlla of objectivity would conclude no matter what side of the aisle they occupy. Why can't these guys grasp that all of us are not mindless idiots and we easily discern their blatant ideological bent which, in turn, diminishes their credibility?

"CNN is nothing more than a liberal propaganda tool."
LOLOL. Typical Murdoch style attack. CNN was started by Ted Turner, not even close to being considered a liberal, and to most normal people, it's still right of center. Compared to the freaks who watch things like Fox News, you're right. It would be very liberal. I'm sorry there's no Neo-Nazi channel for you to get another view point, even though they're all watching Fox News anyways.

Norquist is notoriously dodgy when asked a direct question he doesn't want to answer directly. The answer to most questions is that it's Obama's fault. Morgan was using a typical interviewer technique with such guests by trying to throw the guest off his game by interrupting the propaganda line. Norquist is good at his game, frustrating interviewers and listeners alike, unless you agree with his policies.

To those of the opinion that CNN is "right of center" because it was started by Ted Turner... This is the same TT that married Jane Fonda because they shared so much, including worldview. CNN was MSNBC before there was one. CNN will always be Commie/Clinton News Network, it's in their DNA! Most "normal", "centrist" folks do n

do people still actually watch CNN or FOX or MSNBC anymore? I haven't watch any of them for over a year and have not found myself lacking in current news or in withdrawal or anything. I still have all my hair too.

Fantasy: "CNN was started by Ted Turner, not even close to being considered a liberal, and to most normal people, it's still right of center. LOL"
Fact; CNN political contributions go 80% Democrat.
No wonder Keach and the rest of the MSM spent days covering up for their Lefftie buddy Piers Morgan.

Piers says, "I've ALWAYS said that when you run these papers, you have to operate them within the law, always, and I stand by that." Piers Morgan was fired from the Daily Mirror in the UK for FAKING photographs of British troops torturing Iraqis. Question to Piers: Is that "operating within the law?"